Worst Announcers Thread

[crusoes]

It's hard to choose between Gus Johnson and Thom Brennaman. Can they be co-winners?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

It's hard to choose between Gus Johnson and Thom Brennaman. Can they be co-winners?

For all the Gus bashing, no one ever mentions what I find most irritating about him - "4 and 22 left in the quarter". Nails on a blackboard.

 

[cjericho]

This thread starts and stops with Hawk Harrelson.

When you can't tolerate watching a game because of an announcer, you know he's bad.

This.

This plus another this.

I know I am in the distinct minority, but I actually like "he gone" and the rest of his bs. I just do. Its worth it when an opposing team beats the Sox.. the silence is deafening.

with you on that. i think it's hilarious it's enough over the top as a homer that it's unique. come on get foul, get out of play. the lack of objectivity reminds me of watching games with some degenerate gambler buddies.

 

[holy bull]

Three pages and no John Stirling? Oh my goodness gracious!
Yes, I sometimes think Edwards started pregaming with Frank Booth when he got the Bruins job. But he's not nearly the worst Bruins announcer ever - I'm old enough to remember Johnny Pierson.

Vintage Pierson: "Aw, somebody better check that Torrie Robertson, he's skating around like a chicken with his head cut off."

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Mike Adamle....... look up any clip of him in WWE and you'll see why.

Adamle's best work was the show where he walked off in the middle of the broadcast.

And going back in time, I still shudder at remembering Joe Namath giving color commentary with Marv Albert. The word "play" would come out "pal-ay". Over and over again.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Mike Adamle....... look up any clip of him in WWE and you'll see why.

Adamle's best work was the show where he walked off in the middle of the broadcast.

And going back in time, I still shudder at remembering Joe Namath giving color commentary with Marv Albert. The word "play" would come out "pal-ay". Over and over again.

Unless I'm mixing him up with someone else, his best work was American Gadiators.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Mike Adamle....... look up any clip of him in WWE and you'll see why.

Adamle's best work was the show where he walked off in the middle of the broadcast.

And going back in time, I still shudder at remembering Joe Namath giving color commentary with Marv Albert. The word "play" would come out "pal-ay". Over and over again.

Unless I'm mixing him up with someone else, his best work was American Gadiators.

I was referring to his time with WWE. Adamle was pretty good with the Gladiators, which had led me to think he would have been good for the WWE. Didn't quite happen.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

GUS JOHNSON ON A WORST ANNOUNCERS THREAD!

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!

HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

[Michael_ Gee]

There should really be two separate threads here, one for genuinely bad announcers, no show prep, hackneyed language, refusal to announce score if they're on radio, etc. and one for the over-the-top announcers who are simply not to some persons' taste.
I enjoy Gus Johnson. Yes, he's nuts. So what. It's just sports. The NCAA tournament would be less fun without him.
I do not enjoy homers on the air. But many people do, seeing as I have never heard a college football or basketball radio announcer who wasn't a ferocious homer, and I've been listening to 'em for 50 years or so. They must be appealing to their audience. Jack Edwards is both over the top and a homer, but by golly, he does describe the hockey well.

 

[trifectarich]

Thankfully, I've forgotten the guy who does Florida State football. If you can listen to him for more than 60 seconds and not reach to change the dial, you're a better person than I.

 

[holy bull]

Gus Johnson is the "Top Gun" of announcers. Unintentionally hilarious, and thus a guilty pleasure. His style is diametrically opposed to everything I'm looking for in an announcer, but I laugh my ass off when I'm on one of his games.

What, no mention of Berman on golf and Brent Musberger on anything? They're in the same phylum. I mutter STFU every two minutes, for about 10 minutes, then hit mute.

 

[Chef2]

It's hard to choose between Gus Johnson and Thom Brennaman. Can they be co-winners?

I actually like both of them.
Can't remember who him and Charles Davis called the 09 Fiesta Bowl with (Boise St/Okla.)--But I thought it was a very well called game.

 

[Quakes]

I don't know if they're the absolute worst, but they deserve a place in the discussion: Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Chris Martin (analyst) on the Big Ten Network.

 

[crimsonace]

There should really be two separate threads here, one for genuinely bad announcers, no show prep, hackneyed language, refusal to announce score if they're on radio, etc. and one for the over-the-top announcers who are simply not to some persons' taste.

Interesting you mentioned that, I was flipping the dial between four high school broadcasts last night, getting a rare Friday night off from actually calling games.

I'm not sure any of the fields/gyms they were at had scoreboards. If so, they never told me the numbers on them. Another guy, I'm not sure if he knew a basketball court had markings, because all I heard was a bunch of names.

I don't pretend to be Vin Scully by any means, but if anyone listens to my broadcasts and discovers that I've managed to go 3-4 minutes without giving the score in some form, you have the right to walk over to my spot in the press box and slap me upside the head.

 

[murphyc]

Three pages in and no mention yet of Darrell "Boogity Boogity Boogity" Waltrip?

 

[User 11148]

Mike Patrick at ESPN is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. The front-runner-est of the front-runners.

 

[Rosie]

Four pages and no mention of Joe Buck??

 

[Beef03]

Thankfully I don't think he has a broadcasting job anymore, but the year Joe Carter spent in the Cubs broadcasting booth was particularly painful.

 

[littlehurt98]

I personally like Gus Johnson and the energy he brings to whatever he is calling. I can see where some people may not like it, but I'd rather have an announcer go nuts over an incredible play than just some boring dude calling it with no emotion. Sports is emotion and I think Gus shows that.

I guess a good question might be, what do you want from an announcer?

 

[MileHigh]

I want Al Michaels on every football game, Vin Scully on every baseball game, Marv Albert on every basketball game.